Being Coloured in South Africa
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2021
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This video really means a lot to me. Though there are many other in depth videos that covers a lot about Coloured history, racism, colourism, discrimination, stereotyping and experiences in South Africa; this video merely touches the surface. I discuss some assumptions and misconceptions about us and also some of my own experiences I faced. Thank you to everyone who gave me feedback when I asked them about their experiences.
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With how often the word race gets thrown around you’d think people would know what it means.
You look Sotho/Xhosa/Khoi-san to me, anyway "coloured" is one of those categories, anyone can claim, if they have a any mixture, and live in a mixed community.
Coloured should be a culture rather than a race I’m mixed race (black and white) and I don’t even identify as coloured. I feel like it just creates more division amongst us people of colour you’re a beautiful girl though don’t get me wrong. Don’t let labels get to you it used to phase me until I stopped seeking validation and acceptance from a community to be myself be who you are you don’t need validation or acceptance from anyone. We are all one big race the human race.
Benni McCarthy is coloured and Pearl Thusi is black let me live it there...
You could be any Sotho or Tswana girl from Northern Cape, North West or Free State to me.
Wonderful video, Rinnie! I am an African American who spent four years with my family in Cape Town (Tableview and Durbanville). I met so many wonderful coloured people while there who are great friends till this day. You know that they use to call black Americans colored" at one time as well. Keep up with these great videos, this was both interesting and informative.
Syvir Afrikaans, fluent English.😂 Jesus loves us all. Sin is the couse of everything. Genesis 11 the touer bable. We all need Jesus in our lives God bless 🙏
As a black South African man that grew up in the suburbs and went to "Model C" schools, this really hits home. I'm 27 years old and going through an identity crisis because of this. We really need to be having more conversations like this as a country.
In America, we have the same issues. If a light-skinned black or even a black person speaks proper English and not with slag, they will be asked "why do you sound white?" Or "why do speak like you are a white person?" It's associating proper speaking with only white people (Caucasian people). It's still a type of discrimination and an insult to think that because you are coloured you cannot sound like you are educated. I can see why African-Americans can relate to coloureds and blacks in South Africa. Remember you are beautiful because of who you are, you cannot separate who you are from your skin color. All of YOU is beautiful! 😊
South Africa needs more of this content. We really do, it is the gateway of beginning to heal our ignorance.
I see coloured as culture than skin colour... every province you go to they all different in culture.
Erin be preaching what most fear to hear. Truth hurts. 🙏🙏 Keep doing what you doing! ❤️
I think what would solve the coloured issue is for Coloureds to classify themselves as a cultural group and not a racial group. There’s so much culture in there. Just like how Afrikaners classify themselves as a New Tribe that formed in South Africa (Mixing Dutch, French and German culture). It doesn’t make sense to say coloured is a race when some Coloureds are fully Malay, others are fully Khoi, others are fully San, others are fully Xhosa without mixing. So Coloured is actually a new tribe of some sorts made up of many races who were disadvantaged during Apartheid.
Thank you for making this video.
I am also classified as so called coloured person. My mother is from the Bakgatla tribe and my father from the Pedi tribe. My paternal grandfather is Irish, so that makes me of a mixed race. We lived in Soweto at one stage, but unfortunately we were not accepted there. Especially my Dad and us kids, we were called a derogatory term called boesmans. My mother had a very short fuse and would beat anyone who called us by that name. These were black people who discriminated against us. My maternal grandmother advised my parents to take us to a community who had people who looked like us. We moved to an erea called Kliptown where people of colour lived there everybody lived together in harmony and my mum was accepted there and we lived in peace. So I experienced black racism from childhood. I can talk from experience. My mum is black was accepted by the so called coloured community. I enjoyed living with these beautiful great people. I am happy that my paternal black grandmother advised my parents to do what they did. I speak most African languages. When people scandle about me, I tell them in their own language that I just heard what you said about me. I am say so called coloured people, because we grew up in the Biko era where I considered myself as black and was proud of it. Even my children knew that they were black, but unfortunately they were told that can't be black, look at your features. I don't give a damn what you call me, because I am proud of who I am. My mother would make sure that we visit my grandmother and cousins who were black and participated in any function by the family who were very mixed. I just loved the way my mum raised us as children. I am so proud to be who I am and couldn't be bothered about what people said.
I feel you on the whole "not being/feeling coloured enough". I had a really sheltered early childhood and was practically raised on American television. I've heard plenty of people made comments on my odd "un-coloured" like behaviour. It hurt. Especially coming from family. But I guess I got a little lucky in my life, because the Coloured community (at least in my eyes from what I've seen) seems to be warming up to the idea of Coloureds not conforming to our god awful stereotypes. Or perhaps I'm just surrounding myself with good people. I hope for both our sakes and all our fellow Coloureds' sake that it is the former.
I relate to this a bunch. People in my family have made similar comments about me (not to the same extent, they said it in more of a neutral way), and it definitely made me think on what it means to be coloured more. Thank you for making this video💖💖
Watching this video, I see my sister with a heart full of love to share. The color of skin is seen only by those people with a limited ideologies. We all have the same blood color. We are all humans with differents cultures and the skin color should not separate us. Thanks for sharing. Greatings from DR Congo
Hi there, i have met a S. African and learned of ur struggles living in S. Africa. It's similar to the struggles that many people of color face here in America and all over the world. I apprecia* love the fact that you mustered up the strength to speak ur truth. It's a shame that people like you, me and so many others even have to be subjected to such ignorance and pettiness based on skincolor😕. Long story short we are who we are. We've come 2 far to turn back now. Stay strong and continue to fight the ignorance😂. PS: I think we all should be tired of all this black/ white ish by now, who ready to settle for just being called human instead of being classified as a race? Ijs...beyond tired of all of this rhetoric😢.
Great video, just be a good person to others, regardless of skin tone, and it will come back to you. You be you, don't live up to anyone else's ideals.